Isolation of Vibrio cholerae non-01 from a Somerset farmworker and his tropical fish tank.
Vibrio cholerae non-01 is occasionally isolated from wounds. To our knowledge, this is the first such case to be reported from the U.K. It was associated with isolation of a similar organism from a tropical fish tank.
Booth
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LV
Public Health Laboratory, Southampton General Hospital.
Lang
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DA
Athersuch
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R
D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013045:Species Specificity; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014696:Ventriculostomy; D014734:Vibrio cholerae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014871:Water Microbiology